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I am really looking for some ideas on lighweight side pull outs and door closures (maybe to double as openers?). I have this idea of having the door pulls going to the same stake which secures the opposite corner. Is this practical? I have not yet had the chance to try this. If this is done, can these door pulls be used to secure the door in the "open" position as well? What is the most practical way to tie or clip these to the pull outs?

“I think that when the lies are all told and forgot the truth will be there yet. It dont move about from place to place and it dont change from time to time. You cant corrupt it any more than you can salt salt.” - Cormac McCarthy

Similar setup

I have a similar setup as far as the materials used I think. My solution for the doors was to larkshead a piece of shockcord to the tieout on one door and then attach it to the other door on the same side of the hammock with a soft shackle. When I need to deploy the doors, I just release some of the tension in the tarp until the shockcord goes slack, unhook the soft shackle on each side and run the shockcord through it's corresponding tie out on the same end of the hammock. I also have a WBBB so I can sacrifice the two stakes for that and use them for the doors on the tarp instead when needed. I can post pics if you're interested, but I'm sure others here are using a similar setup. I haven't used the panel pulls on my tarp yet, so I'm afraid I'm no help there.

It's quite neet and easy to do. Just means when they are tied up it's all quite taunt. I got better results from this method than tieing the doors from the same side together or diagonal doors off etc. I placed the tie-off so when the doors are rolled up there is like a small 2-3" cat cut to the edge. Like I said it's nice and taunt.

I have some pictures but they are on my thumb drive at work... no help there for the weekend.

how does that compare to the braided mason line that some folks use on their tarps?

It's about half the diameter of the mason line (estimated from feel). The coating is a bit more slick as well so it doesn't tend to snag or tangle as much.

“I think that when the lies are all told and forgot the truth will be there yet. It dont move about from place to place and it dont change from time to time. You cant corrupt it any more than you can salt salt.” - Cormac McCarthy

The link is to their cording page, you just have to scroll down. No way to link to just the Tech Line.

“I think that when the lies are all told and forgot the truth will be there yet. It dont move about from place to place and it dont change from time to time. You cant corrupt it any more than you can salt salt.” - Cormac McCarthy